The Extent to Which Differences in Educational Achievement for Different Social Classes are Based on Factors in the Home
To some extent but other things as well out side the home such as the
school.
There are differences in educational achievement for different social
classes based on the factors in the home. For example a child could be
living in a rich, big house and another child could be living in a
small and poor house. The difference is that one child has the money
to provide for resources such as books to develop his learning. As
where as the poor child dose not have money to buy resources to
develop his learning. Although education is free, there are costs
involved. This will affect the children’s achievement in school
because one student will know the knowledge and the other will be
lacking it.
Moving onto parental attitudes and expectations, the parental
attitudes and expectations play a major part in the educational
achievements of children. For example some parents might have high
expectations for there children. This will have an affect on them and
encourage them to achieve well and aim high because there parents are
expecting good stuff from them. As where as if some parents don’t
expect there children to do well, this will have a negative affect on
the child because he/she will not achieve well in exams because they
will have the same negative attitude as there parents.
Furthermore the school plays a major part in educational achievement.
There might be factors inside the school which will affect children’s
achievement. For example one factor can be when teachers might label
students bright or thick by looking at their physical appearance,
personality or behaviour. Also teachers judge and classify students;
this often effects the student’s achievement. Moreover this can affect
children’s achievement, for example if a teacher labels a student
bright, he/she will expect high grades from the student. This will
help the student to achieve and do well. Another factor in the school
is when pupils become fed-up with the school and form anti school